Kelly Pierce was “the most accomplished female soccer figure in Southern Arizona history,” sportswriter and friend Andy Morales wrote on X
NEED TO KNOW
- Former soccer star and longtime coach Kelly Pierce died last week of cardiac arrest
- The Arizona mother of three led Salpointe Catholic in Tucson to six girls state championships
- “Kelly’s life was about her sons, her family and soccer,” a GoFundMe organizer wrote
An Arizona community is mourning the loss of a local soccer star and coach who died last week at the age of 44.
Kelly Pierce died on Friday, Aug. 1 from cardiac arrest, according to the Arizona Daily Star.
The former FC Tucson star coached her alma mater Salpointe Catholic in Tucson to six girls state soccer championships over eight years beginning in 2018…